Railway Heritage and Tourism

Global Perspectives
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-1-84541-438-2
Verlag: Multilingual Matters Limited

Buch, Englisch, 298 Seiten, Format (B × H): 142 mm x 211 mm, Gewicht: 522 g

This is the first book of its kind to examine railway heritage in the context of tourism in a comprehensive, internationally relevant manner. It explores the challenges faced by developers and operators of railway heritage destinations including financial, legal and managerial sustainability in the modern tourism industry. These themes are exemplified by a variety of case studies of railway heritage in tourism from regions around the world including North, Central and South America, the Caribbean, Europe, and Australasia. The volume will be of particular interest to scholars of cultural tourism as well as researchers and practitioners of industrial heritage tourism, along with graduate and senior undergraduate students.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Conlin, Michael V

Bird, Geoffrey R

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Dienstleistungssektor & Branchen Tourismuswirtschaft, Gastgewerbe
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Transport- und Verkehrswirtschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Section 1: Introduction

1. Michael Conlin and Geoffrey Bird: Railway Heritage and Tourism: Themes, Issues and Trends

Section 2: Issues, Themes, and Trends

2. Bradford Hudson: Railway Hotels: From Infrastructure to Destination

3. Kyle Stefanovic and Rhonda Koster: Railfans and Railway Heritage Tourism

4. Warwick Frost and Jennifer Laing: The Magic of Trains and Travel in Children’s Stories

5. Kim Lemky, Lee Jolliffe and Michael Conlin: Railway Heritage for the Cruise Market

6. Josephine Pryce: Safety on the Line: Balancing Authentic Experiences against Risks and Hazards

7. Arianne Reis and Carla Jellum: New Zealand Rail Trails: Heritage Tourism Attractions and Rural Communities

8. James Porterfield: The Dining Car’s Contribution to Railroad Heritage Tourism

9. Ian Chaplin: Revitalizing Community Values through Railway Regeneration in the Asia Pacific Region: A Tourism Research and Education Approach

Section 3: National and Regional Railway Heritage Tourism

10. Carla Conceicao Lana Fraga, Marcio Peixoto de Sequeira Santos and Sergio de Castro Ribeiro: Railroad Tourism in Brazil

11. Blanca Camargo, Marel Morales, C Gabriela Garza, and Gloria Sens: Railway Tourism: An Opportunity to Diversify Tourism in Mexico

12. Fredrick Collison: The Grand Canyon Railway

13. Joan Henderson: Railways as Heritage Attractions: The Malaysia-Singapore Line

14. Philipp Boksberger and Martin Sturzenegger: The Rhaetian Railway in the Albula/Bernina Landscapes: A Masterpiece of Railway Engineering

15. Leanne White: Regional Railway Revival: Connecting Heritage and Tourism in the Spa Centre of Australia

16. Libo Yan and Xingcheng Zhuang: The Future of the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway: A Political Economic Perspective

17. William Found: The St. Kitts Scenic Railway: A Journey Into an Island’s Heritage

18. Michael Conlin and Bruce Prideaux: The Future of Railway Heritage Tourism? The West Coast Wilderness Railway, Tasmania

Section 4: Conclusion

19. Geoffrey Bird and Michael Conlin: No Terminus in Sight: New Horizons for Heritage Railways

Über Autor(innen)

Conlin, Michael V
Michael V. Conlin is a professor in the Okanagan School of Business, Canada. His research focuses on cultural and heritage tourism and industrial cultural heritage. Recent publications include Mining Heritage and Tourism (edited with L. Jolliffe, 2011).

Bird, Geoffrey R
Geoffrey R. Bird is a professor at Royal Roads University, Canada. His research interests include cultural and heritage tourism and remembrance tourism. He is the co-author of Transforming Communities through Tourism (with C. Fisher, B. White & T. Hood, 2009).